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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 122: Of the Glory which Christ communicates unto all his Disciples, even in this Life; And o…
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3. There are glorious privileges which Christ hath, and he gives them to us also: We are Sons as well as he, we are co-heirs with him in glory, Rom. 8. We shall be glorified with him, we shall reign with him, we shall be raised up, and sit on Thrones of glory with him, We shall judge the world with him, yea, as he hath a Rod of Iron to break the Nations with, So the Saints shall have, Rev. 2.26, 27. Oh the enlarged affections we should have in this particular! Why do the people of God always go bowed down, afflicted with their own unworthiness and temptations! Oh give faith some breathing-place, go and meditate on this, The glory that Christ hath thou mayest claim it also; Is he the Son of God? Is he heir? Is he exalted to glory? Know that thou art thus also, and although Christ is in the possession of consummate glory, but thou art wrestling and toiling in a miserable world, yet as the Apostle argueth, if we shall not rise, then Christ is not risen, 1 Cor. 15. So if we shall not be glorified then Christ is not glorified; Hence our Saviour joineth himself with the disciples, I go to my Father and your Father, Joh. 20.17. and so its Christs glory and thy glory, Christs Heaven and thy Heaven.
3. There are glorious priviledges which Christ hath, and he gives them to us also: We are Sons as well as he, we are co-heirs with him in glory, Rom. 8. We shall be glorified with him, we shall reign with him, we shall be raised up, and sit on Thrones of glory with him, We shall judge the world with him, yea, as he hath a Rod of Iron to break the Nations with, So the Saints shall have, Rev. 2.26, 27. Oh the enlarged affections we should have in this particular! Why do the people of God alwaies go bowed down, afflicted with their own unworthinesse and temptations! Oh give faith some breathing-place, go and meditate on this, The glory that Christ hath thou maist claim it also; Is he the Son of God? Is he heir? Is he exalted to glory? Know that thou art thus also, and although Christ is in the possession of consummate glory, but thou art wrastling and toiling in a miserable world, yet as the Apostle argueth, if we shall not rise, then Christ is not risen,